With Joseph Beuys.
Joseph Beuys accepts the challenge to expose himself to the anonymous audience.
"Social Sculpture" was filmed in 1969 subsequently after the filming of "400 m IFF". IFF is the name of the available film material, that was already expired, from which approximately 400 m were used for "400 m IFF" and the rest for "Social Sculpture". In "400 m IFF" three men appear in front of the filming camera in the apartment of the author.
With Joseph Beuys this situation had been appointed, the other two visitors came by chance before him and played instinctively. "They all noticed the exceptional situation, but could not count on the sovereignty to carry out their point. And even during the operations on the screen, the viewer becomes a participant who cannot avoid the question of how he would have behaved in the same situation."
The Film with Joseph Beuys about the anonymous viewer that was made subsequently has the title: "Social Sculpture".
In this film Joseph Beuys accepts the challenge to face the audience without speaking. So the film has no soundtrack. It was presented to the public in 1988 - after the death of Joseph Beuys – by Lutz Mommartz and comes as one might say from the beyond.
(LUTZ MOMMARTZ)
The Lutz Mommartz Film Archive is a collection of the film works of German film-maker Lutz Mommartz, considered to be one of the pioneers in the film genre known as the "other cinema". Mommartz was born in Erkelenz in 1934 and spent most of his life in Düsseldorf. He began making movies in 1967 and eventually became Professor of Film at the Kunstakademie Münster. He still lives and works in Germany, dividing his time between Düsseldorf and Berlin.
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MPDMedia
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April 15, 2020
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Warholian homage
This is basically Andy's BJ for German cinema. Either that or he's being forced to sit through Naughty Marietta.
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Mutch
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July 25, 2014
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idiots don't get it but are welcomed to try
Well, what more can you say: idiots don't get
Beuys would make a greater noir actor. On the other hand he was probably too brilliant to waste time with conventional movies.
A pity there's no better quality version though.
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JohnRobieTheCat
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March 30, 2013
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pretentious crap
Well, what more can you say: pretentious crap
Oh, and it's "Herausforderung"/"challenge".
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publismanlio
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March 24, 2011
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I am sure this is supposed to be deep and artsy but I don't get it.
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ates009
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October 25, 2010
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Soziale Plastik
It is perfect